Definition of

Reproach

Discussion

A reproach means reproaching someone for something.

Reproach is the act that consists of reproaching someone for something . This verb , for its part, refers to rebuking or lecturing another person, reproaching them for something .

For example: «I'm tired of your reproaches: you always have some criticism to make me» , «The reproach to the visiting player for his attitude was felt throughout the stadium» , «The only reproach I can make is that he didn't give me anything for my birthday."

Reproaches in a couple

Reproach, in short, allows you to blame something . Take the case of a heterosexual couple who have been married for four years. When the day of the anniversary arrives, the man forgets the date and does not greet his wife. The woman, therefore, reproaches her husband, accusing him of paying more attention to his work than to their marriage.

This type of friction is very common, both in the field of heterosexual and homosexual couples , since part of the factors that attract two people to form a relationship is the set of differences in character and interests , and many Sometimes it is necessary for one of the parties to be very attentive to dates and commitments, to justify that the other is not. This responds to a balance that almost all living beings naturally seek.

Although it is important to practice tolerance , to try to understand that the other person is not equal to us and that, therefore, we cannot demand that he think or act as we would if we were in his place, the most normal thing is that the reproach forms part of a relationship, whether it is a friendship or a couple. When the differences of others touch a point of vulnerability in our scheme, it generates deep annoyance and frustration in us, and that is why we blame their attitude.

Rage

With a reproach, one lectures or scolds.

Use of the term in other areas

Another case of reproach can occur when a soccer player is replaced by his coach in the middle of a match and the athlete is not satisfied with the situation. When leaving the playing field, he reproaches the coach for the change and tells him that he was in perfect condition to continue playing.

In a similar way to the reproach in the field of interpersonal relationships of friendship or couple, the previous example presents two people, each with their respective interests and with reasons for having had the attitudes they had or for having acted as they did; In this way, reproach seems to overlook these just and necessary differences between two people .

Judgment of reproach

Within the framework of the system known as theory of crime , an assessment made regarding the subject who committed a crime is called a reproach trial . An unfair act is related to the individual who committed it: that is, the effects and damages of his or her illegal conduct are attributed to the person responsible, which must be punished in accordance with what is established by law .

For criminal punishment to be possible, the person who committed the crime must understand that his or her actions are contrary to the law. Those who do not have access to this understanding (for example, an insane person) are not punishable subjects. Through the reproach trial, the aim is to verify the knowledge of what the offender understands.

It is important to note that even when the subject is in a position to understand the illegal nature of his actions, there are two particular situations in which it is not possible to execute the concept of the reproach judgment: if he did not have the possibility of acting otherwise; If doing so would have put his life in danger.